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Lecturers’ Research Capacity Assessment Using an Extension of Generalized Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-Making Approach

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Assessment of the lecturer’s research capacity plays an important role in improving their knowledge and determining each lecturer’s contribution to the universities. To assess the lecturers’ research capacity, many quantitative and qualitative criteria are needed in the evaluation process. Therefore, lecturer’s research capacity evaluation can be viewed as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem in vague environment. In 1985, Chen proposed arithmetic operations to deal with the generalized fuzzy numbers. However, there were some shortcomings associated with Chen’s arithmetic operations. In 2013, Dat et al. proposed an improved arithmetical operation of generalized fuzzy numbers to overcome the shortcomings of Chen’s arithmetic operations. This study aims to propose an extension of generalized fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making to evaluate the lecturer’s research capacity. In the proposed approach, the improved arithmetical operation of generalized fuzzy numbers is used to aggregate weights of criteria and ratings of alternatives versus criteria. The membership functions of the weighted fuzzy decision matrix of lecturers are further developed based on linguistic expressions. Then, a simplified centroid-index ranking approach is applied to evaluate and rank the lecturer’s research capacity. Finally, a case study is used to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed MCDM approach.

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This research is funded by Vietnam National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) under grant number 503.01-2018.03.

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  1. National Economics University, Vietnam, 207 Giai Phong Road, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

    Do Anh Duc & Ta Van Loi

  2. VNU University of Economics and Business, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 144 Xuan Thuy Road, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

    Do Anh Duc, Truong Thi Hue & Luu Quoc Dat

  3. Department of Industrial Management, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, No. 43 Section 4 Keelung Rd., Taipei, 10607, Taiwan, ROC

    Dinh Thi Hang

  4. Faculty of Geography, VNU University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

    Pham Minh Tam

  5. VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 336 Nguyen Trai Road, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam

    Luong Thuy Lien

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Do Anh Duc and Luu Quoc Dat have mainly contributed to writing the “Establishment of a new approach for solving MCDM problems” and the “Application of research productivity assessment of lecturers” section and checking the typos for this manuscript. Dinh Thi Hang and Pham Minh Tam are mainly in charge of writing the “Introduction” and “A revised arithmetical operation between generalized trapezoidal fuzzy numbers”. Truong Thi Hue, Ta Van Loi and Luong Thuy Lien are responsible for writing the “Abstract”, “Briefly review the basic concepts and arithmetical operations related generalized fuzzy numbers” and “Conclusion” section and collecting data for the application section.

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Duc, D.A., Hang, D.T., Tam, P.M. et al. Lecturers’ Research Capacity Assessment Using an Extension of Generalized Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision-Making Approach. Int. J. Fuzzy Syst. 22, 2652–2663 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40815-020-00951-5

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